Morphological and sedimentological assessment of submarine dune fields on the coast of Yucatan, Mexico

• Published in: Ciencias marinas Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 83 - 99
• Main Authors: Cuevas, Eduardo, Liceaga-Correa, María de los Ángeles, Rincón-Sandoval, Luis Alberto, Mexicano-Cíntora, Guadalupe, Arellano-Méndez, Leonardo, Euán-Ávila, Jorge I, Hernández-Núñez, Héctor, Mulsow, Sandor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California 01.03.2013
• Subjects: Marine; ASW, Mexico, Yucatan; ASW, Mexico, Yucatan, Dzilam de Bravo; ASW, Mexico, Yucatan, San Felipe

Conspicuous sedimentary deposits forming well-structured and prominent submarine dunes are found on the coast of Yucatan (Mexico), close to the ports of Dzilam de Bravo, San Felipe, and El Cuyo. The objective of this study was to evaluate the morphological and sedimentological features of these subm...